Food Supply Chain

Anna Nagourney is the Eugene M. Eisenberg chair and integrative studies and the PhD coordinator and management science. She's also the director of Virtual Center for Super Networks, Operations and Information Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. What food products are most affected by the current supply chain crisis? Speaker2: Food supply chains have been among the most severely disrupted in the pandemic, and 20 months into the pandemic, many issues still remain. One has to realize that many food products are perishable, and some associated with the holidays are also time sensitive. Lately, some meat products are again hard to come by, with less variety available for consumers and dairy products as well. With prices for me, including poultry and eggs rising over 10 percent plus pies are in short supply challenge. Food supply chains have had to contend with shortages of labor, escalating transportation costs and congestion issues, extreme weather conditions and various trade policies. On top of that, various supplies needed for packaging are also hard to come by.